September 30, 2009

Disappointing Monsoon...It Ends Today.

The monsoon just didn't measure up. Check out the above image. The blue is the monsoon rainfall from June 15th through the Monday of this week. Today is the last day of the monsoon and there isn't much of a chance in adding to these numbers. Tucson rainfall is about half of where we should be for the monsoon and every single recording station in southeast Arizona on this image measured below average rainfall.

The below image shows the top 10 wettest and driest monsoon rain totals in the Tucson basin. Bascially...it could be worse! Even with 2.86" of rain, Tucson will end the monsoon outside the top ten driest. However...we just narrowing missed that list and we rank 11th for this monsoon.

Top 10 Wettest Monsoon

Top 10 Driest Monsoon

1) 13.84"/1964

6) 10.20"/2006

1) 1.59"/1924

6) 2.50"/1902

2) 13.08"/1955

7) 9.94"/1984

2) 2.33"/1973

7) 2.58"/1994

3) 11.04"/1921

8) 9.85"/1990

3) 2.40"/1989

8) 2.75"/1913

4) 10.50"/1983

9) 9.43"/1966

4) 2.42"/2004

9) 2.79"/1918

5) 10.21"/1919

10) 8.54"/1954

5) 2.45"/1900

10) 2.81"/2001

Plus...it was hot! This was the 3rd warmest monsoon. So that cool June that we all loved? Well...that was offset by our sizzling summer heat in July, August, and September. Let's hope the winter is better! But right now...it's not looking so good.